Central Mindanao Airport

Central Mindanao Airport

*Hulugpaan sang Katunganan Mindanao*
*Paliparan ng Gitnang Mindanao*
Central Mindanao Airport; Hulugpaan sang Katunganan Mindanao; Paliparan ng Gitnang Mindanao
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Province of Cotabato
Serves	M'lang and Kidapawan
Location	M'lang, Cotabato, Philippines
Coordinates	06°54′42″N124°55′27″E / 6.91167°N 124.92417°E
Map
	Central Mindanao Airport Location in the Philippines

Last updated November 07, 2024

Central Mindanao Airport,^{[lower-alpha 1]} formerly North Cotabato Rural Airport and also known as the M'lang Airport, is an airport serving the general area of M'lang, located in the province of Cotabato in the Philippines. It is the only inland airport of Mindanao with capability for commercial flights. It occupies 62 hectares (150 acres) of lands with a 1.2 kilometres (3,900 ft)-long concrete runway and a terminal building. The airport is primarily intended to support the transport of agricultural produce from the central part of Mindanao.

History

The Central Mindanao Airport was conceptualized by the Cotabato provincial government under then-Governor Emmanuel Piñol.^[1] In 2001, the national government appropriated for its funding of P2.895 million has been included in the national budget of the Philippines for fiscal year 2001.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Cotabato provincial government acquired the 62 hectares (150 acres) of land in Barangay Tawantawan in 2003 from the heirs of Don Tomas Buenaflor for the airport project.^[2] The acquisition of the site was supported by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Senators John Osmeña and Richard Gordon, and Congressmen Bernardo Piñol Jr., Jesus Sacdalan and Nancy Catamco. Construction of the airport began in 2004.^[3]

The construction of the airport's terminal building was completed under the administration of then-Governor Jesus Sacdalan^[3] with then-President Arroyo leading the inauguration rites of the facility in November 2009.^[1] However the airport's opening was mothballed during the administration of Sacdalan's successor Emmylou Mendoza, who cites the inability to transfer the airport to the Department of Transportation due to missing documents.^[3]

The airport was used for the first time in February 2016, when the provincial government of Cotabato secured consent from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to use the airport as a hub for a province-wide cloud seeding program to avert a drought.^[1]

Governor Catamco who became governor of Cotabato in 2019, asked for the intervention of President Rodrigo Duterte regarding the status of the Central Mindanao Airport. Duterte publicly expressed desire to make the airport operational and instructed Senator and close aide Bong Go to oversee the process, after the head of state was briefed on the airport's status during his visit in M'lang following in earthquake.^[2]

Cost

Some P430 million was allocated for the construction of the airport.

Notes

↑ Hiligaynon: Hulugpaan sang Katunganan Mindanao, Filipino: Paliparan ng Gitnang Mindanao

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References

1 2 3 Arguillas, Carolyn O. (February 20, 2016). "M'lang airport's first use: to fly a plane seeding clouds". MindaNews. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
1 2 Sarmiento, Bong (3 January 2020). "Duterte wants mothballed Cotabato airport to operate". MindaNews. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
1 2 3 "M'lang Airport must be operational: PRRD". Mindanao Development Authority. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

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[1] Hiligaynon: Hulugpaan sang Katunganan Mindanao, Filipino: Paliparan ng Gitnang Mindanao

[mindanews1-2] 1 2 3 Arguillas, Carolyn O. (February 20, 2016). "M'lang airport's first use: to fly a plane seeding clouds". MindaNews. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[mindanews2-3] 1 2 Sarmiento, Bong (3 January 2020). "Duterte wants mothballed Cotabato airport to operate". MindaNews. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[minda1-4] 1 2 3 "M'lang Airport must be operational: PRRD". Mindanao Development Authority. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

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